Dogs in Space

Dogs in Space
Original theatrical poster
Directed byRichard Lowenstein
Written byRichard Lowenstein
Produced byGlenys Rowe
StarringMichael Hutchence
Saskia Post
Nique Needles
Chris Haywood
Deanna Bond
Tony Helou
Laura Swanson
Emma de Clario
CinematographyAndrew de Groot
Edited byJill Bilcock
Music byOllie Olsen
Michael Hutchence
Distributed byHoyts
Release date
  • 18 December 1986 (1986-12-18)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$2 million[1]—$3 million[2]
Box officeAU$367,351

Dogs in Space is a 1986 Australian drama film set in Melbourne's "Little Band" post-punk music scene in 1978. Written and directed by Richard Lowenstein, the film stars Michael Hutchence as the drug-addled frontman of the fictitious band from which the film takes its name.

  1. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990, pp. 142–143.
  2. ^ "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986, p. 64.